Kohlberg

Question 1

What is the background of Kohlberg’s study?

Answer 1

Morals are standards of behaviour and they are principles of right and wrong and determine how we should behave. Moral development is the way we learn to construct beliefs about what is right/wrong, and the assumptions is that this develops with maturation / age.

Question 2

Is Kohlberg’s study a classic or contemporary study?

Answer 2

Kohlberg is a classic study

Question 3

What is Kohlberg’s study paired with?

Answer 3

Lee

Question 4

Which area is Kohlberg’s study in?

Answer 4

developmental area

Question 5

What is the aim of Kohlberg’s study?

Answer 5

To investigate how morals develop over time and devise stages of moral development.

Question 6

What is the sample of Kohlberg’s study?

Answer 6

75 American boys. (Androcentric)
Aged 10-16 at the beginning, interviewed every 3 years for 12 years, until they were 22-28 (longitudinal)

Looked at children in Malaysia, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico, UK and Turkey.

Question 7

What is the procedure of Kohlberg’s study?

Answer 7

Kohlberg conducted a longitudinal study. He measure thinking behaviour and moral development over 12 years. He gave the boys hypothetical dilemas every 3 years (e.g. the Heinz dilemma). The boys were asked to solve these dilemas and give their reasoning. From the results, Kohlberg developed his stages of moral development which have 3 levels and 6 stages.

Question 8

What are the names of the levels in Kohlberg’s

Answer 8

Level 1 - pre-conventional level

Level 2 - conventional level

Level 3 - post-conventional level

Question 9

What are the names of the 6 stages in Kohlberg’s study?

Answer 9

Stage 1 - Obedience vs punishment

Stage 2 - reward and self-interest

Stage 3 - conformity

Stage 4 - law and order

Stage 5 - human rights

Stage 6 - universal human ethics